Elizabeth Moresby

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Elizabeth Moresby (Parr)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kendal Castle, Kendal, Cumbria, England (United Kingdom)
Death: April 15, 1513 (80-81)
Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, Kt., of Kendall and Alice Tunstall, of Thurland and Lancaster
Wife of Christopher Moresby
Mother of Anna Pickering
Sister of Anne Harrington; Margaret Radcliffe; Eleanor Parr; Sir William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Kendal; Mabel Dacre and 4 others

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About Elizabeth Moresby

Profile Photo: Ruins of Kendall Castle

  • Elizabeth Parr1
  • F, #80628, b. circa 1432, d. 15 April 1513
  • Father Sir Thomas Parr, Sheriff of Westmorland, Escheator of Cumberland & Westmorland1 b. 7 Oct 1406, d. 24 Nov 1464
  • Mother Alice Tunstall1
  • Elizabeth Parr was born circa 1432. She married Christopher Moresby, son of Christopher Moresby and Margaret Threlkeld, circa 1455.1 Elizabeth Parr died on 15 April 1513.
  • Family Christopher Moresby b. c 1430, d. 25 Jul 1499
  • Child
    • Anne Moresby+ b. c 1458
  • Citations
  • 1.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 565.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2683.htm#... ____________________________
  • 'Parr01'
  • We are investigating whether or not this family is related to families called Paris/Parris or Pares.
  • Sir John de Parre of Parre (a c1350)
  • m. Matilda de Leyburne (dau of Sir Richard de Leyburne)
    • 1. Sir William de Parre (d 04.10.1405)
    • m. (1383) Elizabeth de Ros (dau of John de Ros of Kendal Castle)
      • A. John Parre of Parre and Kendal (d 1409)
      • m. Agnes Crophull (dau of Sir Thomas Crophull)
        • i. Sir Thomas Parr of Kendal (d 1464)
        • m. Alice Tunstall (dau of Sir Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle)
          • a. Sir William Parr of Kendal (d before 1512)
          • m. Elizabeth FitzHugh (dau of Henry FitzHugh, 6th Lord)
            • (1) .... etc.
          • b. Sir John Parr, Sheriff of Westmoreland (a 1462) had issue in Derbyshire
          • m. dau of Sir John Yonge, Lord Mayor of London
          • c. Thomas Parr (d Barnet 1472)
          • d. Margaret Parr
          • m. Sir Thomas Radclyffe of Derwentwater
          • e. Anne Parr
          • m. William Harrington of Cartmell
          • f. Elizabeth Parr
          • m. Sir Christopher Moresby of Moresby
          • g. Agnes Parr
          • m. Sir Thomas Strickland of Sizergh (b c1440, d 1494)
          • h. Maud Parr
          • m. Sir Humphrey Dacre, 1st Lord of Gillesland (d 1509)
          • i. Eleanor Parr
          • m. Sir Henry Agard
  • Main sources: BE1883 (Parr of Kendal, Essex and Northampton), 'TUDOR'
  • From: Stirnet.com
  • http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/pp/parr01.php ________________________
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Elizabeth Moresby's Timeline

1432
1432
Kendal Castle, Kendal, Cumbria, England (United Kingdom)
1452
1452
Trotton, Sussex, England
1513
April 15, 1513
Age 81
Norfolk, England (United Kingdom)